NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. – The Manchester University men's soccer team was edged by visiting Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology by a final score of 1-0 on Wednesday night in Sparta Stadium.
Rose-Hulman netted the lone goal of the match in the 13
th minute. Caleb Urban played a ball from the far side into the box that was headed in by Tatenda Mafa. Mafa's goal was his first of the season.
The Fightin' Engineers' defense held out the remainder of the contest as the Black & Gold were unable to equalize.
For the game, RHIT held an 11-6 advantage in shots taken. Rose-Hulman also held a slim 3-2 advantage in corner kicks taken.
Aidan Brunkow (Indianapolis, Ind./Heritage Christian) made four stops in goal for Manchester.
Ian Bowron,
Harley Kruschwitz,
Noah Black, and
Julain Keough all landed a shot on goal for MU.
The Spartans (5-7-1, 2-3 HCAC) will host Earlham College on Saturday October 16 at 3:30 p.m. in Spartan Stadium.
Rose-Hulman improved to 8-4-1 overall and remained undefeated in conference play at 5-0 following the win.